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Wink
McGraw-Hill 2004; US$ 22.95''After a number of up-the-track finishes by authors trying to emulate the success of Laura Hillenbrand's bestselling Seabiscuit: An American Legend , a worthy successor has at last broken out of the pack . . .Winkfield's story is so incredible you'll find yourself wondering why you've never heard it before.''. --MSNBC. ''One of the most extraordinary... more...
Papa Bear
McGraw-Hill 2004; US$ 24.95The first truly comprehensive biography on George Halas, the father of professional football. The founder of the National Football League and father of the Chicago Bears, George Halas single-handedly changed the way Americans spend their Sundays. Papa Bear tells the incredible story of how one man grabbed an outlaw game by the throat, shook it up,... more...
The Bus
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2007; US$ 14.95He was one of pro football?s most beloved and respected stars, admired not only by NFL fans and his own teammates, but by his opponents as well. Super Bowl champion; six time Pro Bowler; NFL Comeback Player of the Year; NFL Man of the Year; fifth all-time leading rusher in the NFL; future Hall of Famer; now NBC Sports commentator. You may think you... more...
Pride and Pinstripes
HarperCollins 2007; US$ 10.99More than a star pitcher and accomplished coach, Mel Stottlemyre has a history that serves as a behind-the-scenes tour of four decades of baseball. From Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford to Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry to Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera, Stottlemyre connected generations of stars during a remarkable career. The fact that he had a... more...
A Skating Life
Hyperion 2007; US$ 11.95The dazzling smile, the signature haircut, the staple spin. "America's Sweetheart" Dorothy Hamill grew up on the ice, working toward the dream she was to accomplish by age nineteen: winning Olympic gold in figure skating. But life was not the picture of perfection it appeared to be. Dorothy faced a painful inner struggle from the time she was a young... more...
The 33-Year-Old Rookie
Random House Publishing Group 2008; US$ 15.00Chris Coste dreamed of playing major-league baseball from the age of seven. But after eleven grueling years in the minors, a spot on a major-league roster still seemed just out of his reach?until that fateful call came from the Philadelphia Phillies in May 2006. At age thirty-three (?going on eighty?), Coste was finally heading to the big time. The... more...
Native American Son
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2010; US$ 35.00The first comprehensive biography of the legendary figure who defined excellence in American sports: Jim Thorpe, arguably the greatest all-around athlete the United States has ever seen. With clarity and a fine eye for detail, Kate Buford traces the pivotal moments of Thorpe?s incomparable career: growing up in the tumultuous Indian Territory of... more...
Hitman
Random House of Canada 2009; US$ 22.00In his own words, Bret Hart?s honest, perceptive, startling account of his life in and out of the pro wrestling ring. The sixth-born son of the pro wrestling dynasty founded by Stu Hart and his elegant wife, Helen, Bret Hart is a Canadian icon. As a teenager, he could have been an amateur wrestling Olympic contender, but instead he turned to the family... more...
We had Dreams and Songs to Sing
M P Publishing 2010; US$ 3.89A book born out of a once in a lifetime trip to Istanbul. Follow one mans life bound by his passion for Liverpool FC. Watch the Hillsborough and Heysel disasters unfold in front of his very eyes, and see how Istanbul heralds an end to his old life and a start to his new life. The journey takes in the football fields of Europe and a brief sojourn into... more...
Pride and Pinstripes
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 11.99More than a star pitcher and accomplished coach, Mel Stottlemyre has a history that serves as a behind-the-scenes tour of five decades of baseball. From Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford to Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry to Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera, Stottlemyre connected generations of stars during a remarkable career. In his long-awaited... more...









